majestic, magnificent, glorious =
壮丽river =
河流to sail, fly =
航行(attaining successful result of verb) =
着, pronounced
zháoto fall asleep =
睡着deck =
甲板surface of river =
江面mountain peak =
山峰bridal sedan =
花桥henceforth =
往后housekeeper, butler =
管家even though, despite, always, freely, all the time, unhestitatingly =
尽管, pronounced
jǐnguǎn or
jìnguǎnto order, instruct =
吩咐to serve, wait on (someone) =
伺候to comb hair =
梳头; first character pronounced
shūto change (clothes) =
更(衣), pronounced
gēngtogether =
一块hillside, mountain slope =
土坡cemetary, graveyard =
坟场, pronounced either
fénchǎng or
fénchánggrave mound =
坟头crow =
乌鸦, pronounced
wūyāto peck =
啄, pronounced
zhuóeyeball (formal term) =
眼球eyeball (common colloquial term) =
眼珠(子)temper(ament) =
脾气, tone on second syllable is
5/0intimate friend, lover, mistress, to be on intimate terms, have an affair =
相好very, extremely, awfully, terribly... =
...得要命"worthless slut" (archaic insult for women?) =
赔钱货boundary, limit, divide, scope =
界限to ride the wind =
遇风 or (at least in Zhuang Zi Shuo)
御风 (both pronounced identically)
(others words for) to drive =
驾驭 or
驾御 (also both pronounced identically)
fluttering in the wind
(literary) =
飘飘glorious, marvelous =
美妙; second syllable pronounced
miàoto adopt, adoption =
领养bitter experience =
遭遇children's hospital =
儿童医院welfare institute =
福利院newspaper agency =
日报社collective =
集体in the name of =
名义in the collective name of =
以集体的名义to publish =
发表to apply for, application =
申请voluntary =
义务first =
头一time (as in first time) =
遭to squeeze out(?) =
挤跑a little, slightly =
稍ought to, should =
应当, pronounced
yīngdāngcharitable act =
善举, pronounced
shànjǔcertainly, of course =
自urgent need, to urgently need =
急需thick alcohol =
浓酒bland, tasteless, light, pale =
淡, pronounced
dànmagical, mysterious =
神奇exceptionally good, unique, special =
特异ability, talent = 才
能/干excellent, superb, superlative, exceptional =
高超words and deeds =
言行average
=
平凡abbv. for Nanyang (Henan) =
宛, pronounced just like
碗to delay, examine, investigate, dispute =
稽, pronounced
jīwholly =
尽数to be lost, sink, be submerged, decline =
沦, pronounced just like
轮to exert oneself =
奋发to sink (something) =
沉analogy, metaphor, to liken, compare =
比喻to struggle to the end(?) =
一拼到底